a palestinian israeli poster i admire greatly on another site has made a very interesting claim wrt the new loyalty oath:
“You know that one of the reasons Israel under the proposed laws doesn’t require any Jew or any non-Jewish spouse of a Jew or any new immigrant whose grandparent was a Jew to give the pledge of allegiance to the Jewish state is because no Rabbi worth his salt would permit his congregation to do this.
“Indeed, no serious Rabbi would consider pledging allegiance to a or the Jewish state. None, no one.
“So they only impose it on Arabs. It is intended to humiliate. They want us to pledge allegiance to something that they themselves are not willing to pledge allegiance to. Let me tell you. Should either the Chabad (who are pro-Israel) or Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (the leading authority in the Jewish world and spiritual leader of Shas) declare openly that their followers will pledge this allegiance or even Barak’s equally offensive statement, then I will do so. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander! ”
inquiries wrt this claim led one guy to say it was “gauche to discuss our religious beliefs in public” !!!! tsk tsk. then when i queried further he said “You’re not able to ‘challenge’ me. I don’t take you seriously. Never have. Sorry to burst your bubble, but there you have it.”
and then posted this charming video, which follows another poster at the site attacking me by posting a photo of a chihuahua whining are there any posters who know enough about judaism to address this claim of the palestinian professor?
